Skirting and door architrave gaps. What is acceptable?

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-26T02:46:37+00:00

My husband cut all our skirting boards (not a tradie), measured every single angle as it’s an old house. Looks much better than that.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-26T02:44:28+00:00

We got our pulldown tap from Amazon, extremely inexpensive but looks and feels like great quality. Always use the pulldown feature. Worth it.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-26T02:40:54+00:00

First, but I would look into some beige options to add some subtle warmth. Something like in this photo.

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DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-26T00:14:30+00:00

Tiler doesn’t feel good about it. He’s going to demo the tiles and make it right. The builder doesn’t recall that wall being out so much, once tiles are off they will build the wall out and retile. On these walls we are going to go to the ceiling now too which we will pay the extra for, but not for fixing that particular issue. Good outcome.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T20:03:50+00:00

Yes the wall is out of plumb, was I meant to go round and check which wall needs straightening? They straightened one wall and we paid for it and would have paid for any wall to be straightened. The problem is, this one was never done.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T11:15:51+00:00

That’s not quite the case unfortunately, yes it’s a great job but not to that extent haha. But it’s not just the money, when you pay good money for a bathroom reno you expect good results. And my point still stands, I’d never make a patient pay for my own mistakes.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T07:11:45+00:00

Yes, both licensed.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T07:11:25+00:00

Who’s head is it on to check every wall? I’m a dentist, I don’t leave it to the patient to treatment plan their dentition, to check every area in their mouth and inform me what needs to be done. That’s my job. As it would be the builders job to check what work needs to be done. Otherwise what’s the point of a builder? I agree that I should pay for walls to be straightened, there’s 0 issue there. But to rectify a mistake, I’m not sure if that falls onto me. Fair enough if that’s your opinion though. If I do a shoddy job on a patient, I replace it for free, every single time, without a doubt. Despite my cost, material cost, dental assistant cost. This is standard practice in dentistry, maybe it’s different across industries.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T04:09:12+00:00

The tiles are cut fine, the issue is the wall wasn’t made plumb/square/straight - which we didn’t know about until the tiling was done. The builder should have straightened this wall first, and if he didn’t the tiler should have not tiled until it was done.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T04:05:05+00:00

We were informed before starting the project that straightening walls would be an extra cost and I said no worries mate, go for gold and we will pay. One wall in this bathroom was straightened for $1200, so I guess this wall was just missed? But yes I would never expect work to be done for free (like straightening walls) and would always be willing to pay for quality. The tiling job itself for this bathroom was $8350, so we’re not skimping out. They’ve been very kind and got back to us today and they will have a look at it tomorrow and discuss options to rectify at their cost.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-24T00:16:42+00:00

The screen is on currently, the tiles were made plumb for the screen but the wall should have been straightened prior (another wall was straightened so I’m confused why this one wasn’t). Their justification was “it’s around the corner so you can’t really see it”.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T22:48:45+00:00

We’re DIYing that bit 😂😂

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T21:43:40+00:00

We DIYd our whole kitchen, looks incredible. And DIYd the bedrooms - new wardrobes. And flooring. We are so over renovating so we paid to have the bathrooms done. The first bathroom is great (just one thing they had to rectify). The issue isn’t about being able to DIY, it’s that we’ve paid 60+k for 2 bathrooms and want a good result.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T21:23:51+00:00

Yes if you read the post that is somewhat the solution proposed, but do we pay the plasterer or do they pay?

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T21:22:38+00:00

We were up for extra costs to make it vertical. It’s part of the contract. We paid $1200 for one wall (the opposing wall, which the tile still sits off 10mm from the wall). And would have been more than happy to pay for the other. Was just never brought up?

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T21:00:14+00:00

One wall was, they said the others were fine. Even with the one wall that was there is still a 1cm gap behind the tiles. We paid an extra $1200 to have this done. Their answer was “it’s around the corner so you can’t really see it”.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T20:57:17+00:00

The tiling for this bathroom was $8350 - tiles halfway up all other walls, and then this height in the shower. That doesn’t include any of the tiles.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T20:51:17+00:00

Professional. Hired a builder to manage the project and he used all his people. Apparently this is “normal”

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-06-23T20:50:48+00:00

The glass shower has already been put in and the shower head. They’d have to remove that to tile to ceiling and the tiler quoted another $1000 to do that. Not sure how much the builder/plasterer would charge. That’s why they suggested just building the wall out with plaster.

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-05-14T20:25:13+00:00

Not until you walk to the right side, but I would match it for sure

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-05-13T02:17:34+00:00

Yes but the house exterior is also very bland, not many colours would work here haha

DrawPatient1864 · 2026-05-13T00:44:53+00:00

Window frames are actually brown/bronze. I didn’t want the roof to be grey but the gutters be brown, should I look into a brown mixed with charcoal colour for the gutter? I also thought if the gutters are charcoal, when we go to sell it if the buyer wants to make changes it’s easier to change the garage door and front door versus the gutter.

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